Definition of tank
tank
- to overcome, to conquer.
Dude, I totally tanked that quantum mechanics test.
If used reflexively, may take on opposite meaning, as in:Dude, that quantum mechanics test has me so tanked.
Last edited on Apr 07 2013. Submitted by Maxwell from VA, USA on Mar 20 1999.
- go belly up, go bankrupt.
His regime will tank soon.
Last edited on Sep 17 2002. Submitted by Howard J. from Leesburg, VA, USA on Sep 17 2002.
- came to an end
His career tanked.
Last edited on Mar 24 2003. Submitted by M. J. from Dallas, TX, USA on Mar 24 2003.
- a person who goes for long periods at a time, such as perhaps a race.
Last edited on May 17 2011. Submitted by Andrea Y. on Mar 31 2005.
- being really good at something or really cool in some way shape or form.
Jim: Yo, you wanna go play football later?
Bob: Hell yeah I'm a fuckin' tank at football.
Jim: I'm more tank than you, bitch.Last edited on Mar 03 2013. Submitted by Charlie B. on Nov 19 2008.
noun
- a large, solidly built motor vehicle.
Do you still drive that old tank?
- See more words with the same meaning: car, motorcycle, or other vehicle.
Last edited on Jul 30 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
verb
- to fail.
I completely tanked my interview yesterday.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 14 2009.
verb - transitive
- to cause something to fail.
Citation from "The Best Christmas Story Never Told", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 9 (2006) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Mar 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 03 2013.
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Other terms relating to 'car, motorcycle, or other vehicle': | |
| Definitions include: any sport motorcycle or replica of a race motorcycle, usually Japanese in origin. | |
| Definitions include: a convertible car. | |
| Definitions include: a large car. | |
| Definitions include: an attractive female. | |
| Definitions include: a person who hypermiles. | |
| Definitions include: a fixed-gear bicycle. | |
| Definitions include: term used by law enforcement to refer to a decrepit automobile, due to the belief that the occupants likely have arrest warrants. | |
| Definitions include: a vehicle in poor condition; "hooptie". | |
| Definitions include: a low rider car which is noted for its "thuggish" looks. | |
| Definitions include: a motor vehicle in which one shags - i.e. has sex. | |
| Definitions include: a small, usually propeller-driven, plane. | |
| Definitions include: any car in disrepair. Origin: the Pinto is a car that was terribly ugly even when new. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of hoopty. | |
| Definitions include: a car in the style of those stereotypically driven by pimps. | |
| Definitions include: big shoes. | |
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| Definitions include: A holding cell for drunk people, usually a county jail. | |
| Definitions include: a sexually attractive or sexually provocative female under the age of sexual consent. | |
| Definitions include: a person who habitually drinks large amounts of alcohol. | |
| Definitions include: Cockney rhyming slang meaning American i.e. septic tank - yank. | |
| Definitions include: large ass. | |
| Definitions include: extremely drunk. | |
| Definitions include: to be totally drunk, full of alcohol, intoxicated. | |
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